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83. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges Mainland (Approximate Mileage 46).—The roads generally were maintained in a satisfactory manner.
The maintenance of the completed portions of the Castle Peak-Shataukok Road was let under special contract, the Contractor being paid on the mileage system upon the condition that the road was at all times maintained in a satisfactory condition, otherwise, there is nothing special to report under this heading.
84. Maintenance of Telephones--Mainland.—The lines and instruments were kept in good order. Part of the line to Sai-kung was reconstructed with iron poles. The line to San Tin Police Station was continued to the new temporary station at Lok Ma Chau.
It was decided that the lines extending to the north of the Kowloon Range of Hills, which have hitherto traversed a route over the hills via Kowloon City and Shatin Pass, should follow the route of the Railway and be conveyed through Beacon Hill Tunnel in a cable. A cable containing 10 pairs of wires was accordingly laid through the tunnel and tested. The entire work was executed departmentally. The reconstruction of the overhead lines was still in progress at the end of the year.
The telephones and electrical signalling apparatus on the Kowloon-Canton Railway were kept in good order.
85. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., Mainland.—The sewers at Shamshuipo and the sullage channels at Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good condition. The sewer outfall near the Kowloon City Pier was repaired.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $123.22
Repairs, $97.14
Tools for cleansing operations, $
General incidental expenditure, $220.36
86. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, Mainland.—The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 43 of this Report.
87. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages-Islands in Southern District. The principal damage occurred at Tai O where the cliff in proximity to the Police Station was undermined by the sea, during the typhoon of the 17th August, necessitating the construction of a retaining wall to prevent further damage. The